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M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun. Alternately known as 50 cal, 50, M2 or Ma Deuce.

Nylon cord used to connect a chute to a chute harness. Now used to tie damn near anything down. Used a lot when ‘dummy cording’ things down.

M9 Berretta pistol.

APC used by the Marines AO: Area of Operations.

Area of Responsibility. The assigned area to any given unit.

Armor Survivability Kit. A kit designed in response to the high number of casualties produced by IEDs hitting unarmored vehicles. The kits consist of armor encapsulating the personnel compartment AT-4 [..]

(Alpha Whiskey Romeo) Allah’s Waiting Room. When engaged, (insurgents) have a tendency to flee to the same building (the AWR) at which point the troops radio in an air strike.

Generic Iraqi term for bad guy, be it insurgent or criminal.

Among American Military Medical personnel in Iraq, a soldier killed in combat.